From: Michael K. Neylon (mneylon@engin.umich.edu)
Date: 25-Feb-95 (3:31:33 GMT)
Subj: Message 5
Well, not that hard once you look closely. The first
block defines set notation for TC. The symbol ':' would
be similar to a comma, although it is more for grouping
purposes in this case. The pattern x^y^x represents
'x is a subset of y', or 'x is a member of y' (take your pick)
Therefore, the first block is read as
X is the set of { 1,2,3 }
It is true that 1 is an element of X
It is false that 5 is an element of X
It is true that {1,3} is a subset of X
It is false that {1,2,3,4} is a subset of X
It is true that X is a subset of {1,2,3,4}
It is true that {1,2} is a subset of X
It is true that {2,3} is a subset of X
It is true that {1,2,3} is a subset of X
It is false that 0 is an element of X.
Now, the rest of the message is the fun part :-) Given
my assumption of the vocabulary that they gave us, then
they tell us that ..
TC's are w (something)
'1y1' are not w
'xzx' are not w
[from these, and my intrepretation of '1y1' as planet
and 'xzx' as sun, then I am suspecting that 'w' represents
a living organism.
w's are m (something)
not w's are m
[Between these two lines, one can deduce that m == 'universe'
or whatever encompasses everything]
Then we have...
'wyw' are '1y1'
'zyz' are '1y1'
[I was assuming that 'wyw' meant small planetoid, 'zyz'
meant medium size planetoid, and '1y1' meant planet. This
pretty much holds up here.]
'1' is greater than '~'
'1' is not less than nor equal to '~'
[more constants?]
The speed of light is '11' speed
[OOOOHHH! Just got something...see later]
0 is '~' number
Lets suppose that '1' and '~' are qualifiers! '!' meaning
large, and '~' meaning small. Then, of course, 'large'
is only greater than 'small', and the speed of light
is a large large speed, and 0 is a small number!
(If I could bounce on the net, I would!)
Then turn this around, and look at '1y1'... could that
'1' also be a modified, such that '1y1' means large
planet, and then 'z' and 'w' would also be modifiers...
then 'w' wouldn't necessarily mean 'life' but just the
word 'small' (TC's are small). Ohh...Ok, I think I
thats probably it. I am pretty confident on '1' being
large, and '~' being small. Any other theories?
Back
Forward
Index